Category Archives: Books

There’s Nothing Like A Real Book…

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New Series in the New Year

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

Sometimes a word or just a hint brings me to a subject, and in this case a new series. An email from ‘the dealer’ yesterday afternoon made me aware that maybe my order couldn’t be filled before Xmas. And since it just … Continue reading →

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With These Temps…

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

With these temps we’re having it’s best to do… nothing at all. So that’s what my Easter Sunday looked like. BTW, it’s like summer came early. If only I had a hammock it would be perfect but I had to … Continue reading →

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Travel For Free

Posted on March 20, 2011 by

As many of you know, we Dutch have a reputation in the world when it goes from getting something for a very low price or better yet for free. ONLY today you can travel, within the Netherlands, with the book gift, … Continue reading →

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Written Portraits

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

Can you name the people shown in these four posters? They are all Dutch authors, some are world-famous, others only world-famous in our own country. Geschreven Portretten – Written Portraits is this year’s theme for the book week we’re having. … Continue reading →

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I Think I’ll Start On…

Posted on February 2, 2011 by

It started on January 10 with a Food Quote, and resulted in a book about dieting. Or better yet anti-dieting. The name Totie Fields didn’t ring a bell for me, I had to find out on the net who she … Continue reading →

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Space…

Posted on January 17, 2011 by

Space… the final frontier… this is a story about creating space. Last year I picked out all the Gay related books out of my bookcases, together with all the books I wanted to sell via Bol.com [Dutch version of Amazon]. … Continue reading →

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Mühde…

Posted on January 14, 2011 by

I enjoyed my day out to Düsseldorf and Cologne, but didn’t go to Essen. What I also didn’t do was eating a sour dough pretzel or dining somewhere. My intended meeting was moved from Essen to Düsseldorf, which fitted better … Continue reading →

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Have Yourself A…

Posted on December 23, 2010 by

This is from the cover of What Katie Ate an online book, all 495! pages. Found it via: La Buena Vida, Nicole Franzen’s website

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Get Cooking…

Posted on December 15, 2010 by

Is there still something missing on your Santa-list? Why don’t you have a look at the photo’s and see if your stomach starts to rumble… if so, do something about it! Mine did months ago when I stumbled upon Peter … Continue reading →

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